Eight policemen shot in Chattanooga racial violence
Eight officers were wounded by shotgun fire during the third night of racial violence in Chattanooga following the acquittal of two Ku Klux Klansmen. Arson investigators suspect a bonfire lure near the West Chattanooga housing project. six men were questioned. Police reported numerous arsons and fake calls as curfew held. no officers suffered life-threatening injuries.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
UPI
Charles Love
West
Chattanooga
Boone- Bysinger
East Chattanooga
Love
Pat Rose
McCallie Project
RK. Davis
Refugee sealift to Key West pushes total past 117000
Cuban refugees continue arriving as U.S. and Coast Guard measures fail to fully stop crossings. Five hijackers rammed Coast Guard cutters in the Straits and were charged. A vessel from Mariel brought 148 refugees, joining 263 from two boats, raising the total to 117,265 since April 21.
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Key West
Fla
UPI
U.S
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Straits
Pompano Beach
Elizabeth Llorat-Pascual
de Armas Kenia
Felix Manuel Bello
Mariel
Cuba
Global 2000 report vs optimistic rival views
Washington reports that the Global 2000 forecast projects worsening poverty pollution and crowding by 2000 while other experts publish more hopeful analyses. Mesarovic and Dubos challenge fears of desertification and malnutrition and urge balanced policy amid internal study tensions on growth versus conservation.
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Washington
UPI
Mihajlo Mesarovic
Case Western Reserve University
Science Magazine
Julien Simon
Global 2000
Simon
Africa
Club of Rome
Mesarovic
National Press Club
Ann Carter
Brandeis University
Douglas Ross
Congressional
Carter
Gerald Barney
Idaho riot prison probes two inmates missing
A tent city houses convicts from the riot damaged Idaho State Penitentiary as federal officers review inmates to identify two missing prisoners. Officials vow to search gutted blocks and ducts if the men do not appear in the count, amid $2.7 million in riot damage and ongoing hostage rescues. The riot began when contraband disputes sparked a takeover, with inmates arming themselves and seizing two guards.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
Idaho State Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Boise
National Guard
Smith
Idaho Corrections
C.W. Crown
Lynart Orr
Calvin May
C-11
Orr
Idaho Corrections Department
Dan Mahoney
Mahoney
Vogue Metalcraft blast blacks out Queens factory chaos
A spark from a welder's torch triggered a four floor explosion at Vogue Metalcraft Corp in Richmond Hill Queens killing four and wounding 42. Acrid smoke and toxic fumes filled air shafts as workers fled in panic. It was the city’s worst such blast since 1976.
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New York
UPI
Queens
Vogue Metalcraft Corp
Richmond Hill
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